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With the UK elections to the European Parliament now set to take place on Thursday 23rd May 2019 this will be an important opportunity for voters in Stratford-on-Avon and the surrounding districts to hear at first hand from candidates from all the parties standing in the West Midlands region.

We have invited all SEVEN of the parties to select one of their candidates to participate in the evening. The parties standing are:

- CHANGE UK

- CONSERVATIVE

- GREEN

- LABOUR

- LIBERAL DEMOCRATS

- THE BREXIT PARTY

- UKIP

STOP PRESS!!

We now know most of the candidates who will be coming. Stephen Dorrell will be representing Change UK, Ahmed Ejaz the Conservative Party, Ellie Chowns the Green Party, Liz Clements the Labour Party and Jeanie Falconer the Liberal Democrats. Please note that although we have now received acknowledgments from the Brexit Party and UKIP neither party has yet confirmed a candidate. We will continue to update this page with further information as soon as we have any.

Although this event is being organised by Stratford4Europe we are committed to making sure that the event is non-partisan and that each candidate taking part receives an equal hearing. For this reason we will be engaging an independent and neutral chair to manage the proceedings.

Also, we will be welcoming audience members who support any of the seven different parties as long as they share our commitment to see fair play for all the candidates.

The format of the evening will be that each candidate will be asked to make a short opening statement and then this will be followed by questions to all candidates from the audience. Towards the end of the formal part of the evening each candidate will be asked to make a brief closing statement.

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The formal hustings will be followed by light refreshments and an opportunity to chat informally with the candidates and other members of the audience.

Stratford-upon-Avon School is a 20 minute walk from the centre of Stratford and a 10 minute walk from Stratford railway station. There are also more frequent services to Warwick Parkway on the Chiltern line (20 minutes by taxi to Stratford). For those coming by car there is ample free parking at the venue.

Doors will open at 6.30 pm for a 7.00 pm start and the event will end by 9.00 pm. Admission is FREE but by ticket only. Reserved Admission tickets need to be booked in advance from Eventbrite.